1 76 GARDENING B V M YSELF. 



tered about in the grass, then, to bear them 

 company, plant a few Persian iris in the 

 beds, — close at the front, for they are low, — 

 w"th a little clump of Bulbocodium vernum, 

 to give another variety of colour. They 

 will all be up very early. 



Then come the hyacinths — rising higher 

 and higher as these first light troops of blos- 

 soms clear away, and going steadily on to 

 their perfect bloom, regardless of frost or 

 even snow. There is the white pyramid of 

 Semirainis, and the lovely Duchess of Bed- 

 ford, and Belle Esther — her white dress pick- 

 ed out with green. Therp is Trioniphe Blan- 

 dma, the great waxy bells in a flush of 

 beauty ; and Penelope, suffused with a mere 

 thought of pink. 



Princess Royal wears her rose colour in two 

 shades ; 'and Eendragt has flowers like a 

 star ; and Tuba Flora one knows and names, 

 even at a distance, so large, so beautiful. 

 Norma, too is in the group, and the Duchess 

 of Richmond. 



There stands Othello, as dark as he knows 



